Domingo Luis Godinho's Art of Fencing (1599) In 1599, during the period when the Portuguese crown was united to the crowns of Castile and Aragon, a Portuguese master-at-arms called Domingo. Iberian Swordplay. . a Portuguese master-at-arms called Domingo Luis Godinho wrote a . (The Art of Fencing). Although Godinho's live is largely a mystery .